TCS Reference ID Related Problems & Solutions

@thebigk • Apr 21, 2026

Apr 21, 2026

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The TCS Reference ID or Number seems to be one of the top issues faced TCS NextStep portal users. We have been constantly receiving complaints about incorrect reference ID, lost reference number and the Reference ID itself not working on the TCS nextstep registration portal. I've created this specific discussion to address all such queries and help our fellow engineering graduates.

TCS mentions that your username on the portal itself is your CT/DT reference number. Fortunately, there is a dedicated helpline offered by TCS to solve all the queries. Please note following support email and phone: ilp.support@tcs.com and phone number 1800-209-3111. If you want to contact them, please call anytime between Monday to Friday : 8 AM - 8 PM. Please remember the email Id with which you registered on the portal, because that will be used to track your application.

Obviously, if you have forgotten your email ID, there is a little chance that TCS executive will be able to help you. Also note that anyone at CrazyEngineers cannot give you your lost reference ID / number. We can only point you to the right support page.

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komal Valte

@komal-valte-eHjZZD • Jan 27, 2016

what is reference id?

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Chanchal Garg

@chanchal-garg-9Uxbs4 • Feb 8, 2016

I didnt get any response from this contact no ,wht to do now?

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Ankita Katdare

@abrakadabra • Feb 8, 2016

Chanchal GargI didnt get any response from this contact no ,wht to do now?
What problem exactly are you facing related to reference ID?

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shanthi mathi

@shanthi-5NomEY • Aug 7, 2016

Sir/Madam,

MY brother's tcs account has been blocked due to incorrect password for 3 times. So, please help him to access his account.
CT ID: CT20151495355

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Sandesh N

@sandesh-n-mAEotH • Aug 16, 2016

Sir My TCS account had been locked due to incorrect password attempts for 3 times.
CT ID:CT20151728320
So please help to access the account.

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Ankush Soni

@ankush-soni-HOthXP • Aug 21, 2016

I have lost my CT no, how can I recover it ?

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Aug 21, 2016

I wish to know if you've tried contacting their official support yet? Even though we want to help you out, there's no way we can go beyond a point. I think most of the queries here can only be addressed by the TCS NextStep team members.

If anyone of the official member of the TCS Next Step team is reading this discussion, I'd request them to join in and offer some help. It looks like a lot of our student engineers are facing issues.

I'd also like to request those who know the answer to above legit questions to come forward and offer some help. Helping each other without expecting anything in return is the overall motto of CE Community 😀

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harsh dubey

@harsh-dubey-O7SqbQ • Aug 23, 2016

whenever i enter submit application after all the declarations on the last page. It appears "some error occurred. please try again."
Please help!

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Aug 23, 2016

harsh dubeywhenever i enter submit application after all the declarations on the last page. It appears "some error occurred. please try again."
Please help!
Check the javascript console in your browser. That should tell you what the problem is.

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Irin Mary Alexander

@irin-mary-alexander-MujSR4 • Jan 20, 2018

Sir/Madam
I have registered at the tcs nextstep portal last year and I have my DT no.When i try to access that it is asked to contact the customer support team.I need to apply for the off campus drive for 2017 passouts.Please help me with this

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Shkajal

@shkajal-oQFx2T • Jan 24, 2018

Sir I have registered for TCS off campus drive for 2017 batch on 13th january 2018, I also got the reference id that is in DT. My frnds got the mail regarding the off campus tst that is going to be held on 31st January 2018 and there reference id is with CT . But I do not get any kind of mail regarding the tst schedule, is it happening because of the reference id or what. Will you plzz help me because not much tym is left in the off campus tst.

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Aby Augustine

@aby-augustine-n0eel6 • Apr 14, 2018

sir,
i have registered in NextStep portal and received DT reference id. At the same time, two of my friends received CT id. Now i cannot form a team with them for engiNX competition. How could i change my id to CT

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Apr 15, 2018

Aby Augustinesir,
i have registered in NextStep portal and received DT reference id. At the same time, two of my friends received CT id. Now i cannot form a team with them for engiNX competition. How could i change my id to CT
Your best bet now is to contact the TCS NextStep officials and inform them about the issue. I doubt there's anything we can do. Apparently it's an error in their system.

That said, I wonder how could an established company could build a system with so many errors. We keep on receiving problems with TCS NextStep portal almost on daily basis. Hope team TCS is looking into the issue.

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sandeep batchu

@sandeep-mbUrXX • Jun 8, 2018

sir,

i am registered in TCS next step in last year with DT number i have to change it to CT number please give instructions to change the DT to CT number.

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Niveditha H

@niveditha-GYGE53 • Jun 8, 2018

sir/Madam

my reference id is CT20172176050

though i enter with the new passwords iam unable to unlock my account please help me with the solution

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nilesh vishjwakrma

@nilesh-fPghO4 • Jul 9, 2018

my refrence id is CT20161915688

though i enter with the new passwords iam unable to unlock my account please help me with the solution

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Jul 9, 2018

#-Link-Snipped-# - Have you tried contacting the TCS official help? Also, are there any error messages you are getting?Â

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Shwetha Shwetha

@shwetha-Hablvw • Jul 14, 2018

What is my CT number?

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Jul 15, 2018

Update. There seems to be lot of confusion about the CT and DT Id that TCS Campus Commune provides. All candidates, please be informed that these IDs should not really matter to the candidates. The CT Id refers to the college campus that TCS is recruiting candidates from and the DT Id refers to the off-campus drives that TCS conducts nationwide.

It's not possible to change CT/DT Ids. If you need official help regarding your ID, your best bet is to contact the TCS officials and request for help.

In most of the cases, it's advisable that you create a new account using entirely new email ID and contact details and then request TCS for deleting your old account.

PS: I'm not sure if TCS actually allows doing this anymore. Can someone confirm?

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pallavi am

@pallavi-3pve1h • Sep 1, 2018

ref id -DT20184580927

my account has been locked. I am unable to open it. please resolve it as quickly as possible.

And I wrongly given my mail id for registration and please send hall ticket back to my mail id ampallavi0@gmail.com

please help me out.And I hv informed to ilp.support also on Friday but I didn't get any response..

May be today or tomorrow I hv test I can't attend it without hall ticket please help me yeah please

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Ramyadevi Duraisamy

@ramyadevi-7GiIm5 • Sep 22, 2018

I am eligible to attend the tcs ninja interview I want to download my application form my password is incorrect it shows 3more attempts so account is closed.How to unlock my account

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Ramyadevi Duraisamy

@ramyadevi-7GiIm5 • Sep 22, 2018

if i am given the generated new password means it cannot be unlocked

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marem poojitha

@marem-C1IAcZ • Sep 29, 2018

sir ,my account is locked.so please send me the password

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marem poojitha

@marem-C1IAcZ • Sep 29, 2018

my account is locked and i forgot my security password.so what can i do now.sir please help me i have an interview in 5th october .

i am requesting you to tell me the solution for this problem.

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pallavi smile

@pallavi-EjInLa • Oct 17, 2018

Sir, From where do we get the reference id because i cant find mine . Thank you.

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Syed Afroz

@syed-rvy7F4 • Oct 21, 2018

I didn't get any reference id after registration ...and know i am not abe to login using mail id and password and i didn't fill tcs employment application form also i want to attend this off campus drive plz help me ....

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Meghana Gowda

@meghana-S4k0z8 • Nov 3, 2018

My Hall ticket is not getting downloaded after registration what to do??

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Ankita Katdare

@abrakadabra • Nov 4, 2018

#-Link-Snipped-# To download your hall ticket for TCS, you need to go to this link - #-Link-Snipped-#

Login ID: DT/CT Reference ID

Password: You Date Of Birth (DDMMYYYY)

Only Short listed candidates who meet the TCS Eligibilitty criteria will receive hall tickets. Hall tickets will be sent out after the Last date of Registration for the Off Campus Drive.

Remember to check this -

In case you are having problems downloading the Hall Ticket, please check that you have âpopup enabledâ in your browser. Also check the âDownloadâ folder of your computer for downloaded files. Please note that the downloaded file may be a â.zipâ file and would need to be unzipped to access the pdf file of the Hall Ticket.

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Tamizh Maths

@tamizh-3KtgUV • Nov 5, 2018

Sir/Mam..

I registered for 2018 batch off campus drive... I got message but I didn't get CT / DT reference ID..? What can I do sir?

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farzeen munawar

@farzeen-b0Pzl7 • Nov 6, 2018

My TCS is not delieverd to me and its three days late.. I dont have any tracking number or reference nmbr.. What should i do plzz guide me anyone.. I m worried... And people who have sent the tcs are not contacting now ?

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Shailesh Yawale

@shailesh-eLi7NA • Nov 9, 2018

Hello sir/mam, I forgot my password. And when i am trying to reset it its not working so please let me know what to do

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Meena Prasanna

@meena-3HcE7V • Nov 19, 2018

Sir,I have lost my application form which was stated mandatory for interview for 2018 batch but I have application form of myself which I was filled in 2017 am I allowed to bring the application form of 2017 to the interview..plz kindly reply me.im worried

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Nov 19, 2018

Difficult to answer. I'm not sure which form got you the interview call. Typically, you should carry the form that you filled in order to apply for the interview.

Does the form have any "ID" or unique identifier?

If you've lost the form; just carry the form that you have. Explain the situation, if asked.

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hariharan natarajan

@hariharan-8Bwgua • Dec 1, 2018

Hello Sir/madam ,

This is HARIHARAN NATARAJAN with the reference id : CT20182529503 and email id:hariharan_natarajan@outlook.com. I'm writing this in concern to my NextStep portal account, My account got locked due to the 3 wrong attempts for password. When I try to click on forgot password, the provided password doesn't help me to login to the portal. Im getting a popup saying"Your account has been locked due to 3 incorrect login attempts. You will receive a mail with instructions to unlock your account." yet I didn't receive any email with such instructions but i receive mails if i click and try forgot password. I request your help for unlocking my account.

Thanks and regards. Good day!

NAME : HARIHARAN NATARAJAN

REFERENCE ID : CT20182529503

EMAIL ID : :hariharan_natarajan@outlook.com

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Dec 1, 2018

#-Link-Snipped-# - you should post your request to TCS helpline. We aren't official support for TCS.Â

Have you checked your bulk/spam folder? Hope that your problem gets solved soon.

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Dec 30, 2018

Posting on behalf of #-Link-Snipped-#Â

i typed my password 3 times incorrectly by mistake.i forget my security question answer Â as well. so i don't know to retrieve my account. anyone give a suggestion.

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Varshiga P S

@tlhzxQt • Jan 8, 2025

I have forgot my tcs reference id and also I cant able to find the Reset or forgot id in the login screen too, I tried contacting the contact support but no response came

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Vivek Kumar

@funny-lamp • Aug 13, 2025

I want reference id how to get or create reference id ct/dt

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Vivek Kumar

@funny-lamp • Aug 13, 2025

Because it is mandatory for tcs code vita season13 registration if i not entered in form did not get any interview call after clear the round

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km shweta rani

@graceful-explorer • Mar 12, 2026

i want reference id how to get or create reference id ct/dt

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F1ash

@hearty-mirror • Apr 19, 2026

Hello sir, i am facing a big issue right now please let me know what to do

I have my interview for tcs nqt on 8th april and during the interview hr asked me send a mail regarding deleting my reference id which i did and shared my new reference id with them as they have instructed but now its 19th april hr is not receiving my phone call and im not able to login in my previous dt id and the new dt id just shows new registration status that it. Does that mean im already out of the race and not able to see my result please let me know if someone have faced similar problem and got their issue solved if not please let me know the solution if any that will be helpful

Thankyou sir if you have readed the message i will wait for your reply

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Apr 20, 2026

This is strange, @hearty-mirror . Seems like a technical issue to me. If you've had any communication with the HR via email - I'll strongly recommend writing them to you about the problem. Composer a short email (3-4 lines max) and inform the HR about the issue. Send email and wait for 2 days; if you don't hear back, send a follow-up.

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